A man awaiting trial on three open Superior Court cases, including a 2009 Taunton shooting, was arrested in Bourne last weekend for a probation violation.

Francisco Monteiro, 30, of several local addresses, is currently awaiting trial on charges of shooting another man in Taunton in April 2009.

He was arrested for allegedly violating the terms of his release set by Judge Thomas McGuire Jr. during a dangerousness hearing in Fall River Superior Court two months ago. McGuire ordered Monteiro released on personal recognizance on the condition that he remain under house arrest with electronic monitoring.

Monteiro left the home during a purported home invasion last Friday night in Bourne, said Gregg Miliote, spokesman for District Attorney Sam Sutter’s office.

“His whereabouts were unknown for some time, before eventually being located at a relative’s home in Wareham,” Miliote said.

Bourne police executed a search warrant at the home Monteiro was living in and found $1,400 in cash and suspected drug paraphernalia.

After a two-year investigation into the 2009 Taunton shooting, police and prosecutors initially arrested Monteiro in New Bedford on March 22 after an extensive search by the State Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit and U.S. Marshals.

Monteiro was wanted on a Superior Court warrant for the Taunton shooting, charging him with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and carrying an illegal firearm.

A dangerousness hearing connected to the Taunton shooting case was held in Fall River Superior Court on March 25. On March 29, McGuire ruled Monteiro was not a danger and should be released on personal recognizance. McGuire, instead of ordering bail, ruled that Monteiro be confined to his home and be fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet, Miliote said.

McGuire stated in his ruling that the commonwealth called no witnesses at the dangerousness hearing on its motion, but submitted a copy of the grand jury minutes, police reports and a copy of Monteiro’s board of probation record. The commonwealth contended Monteiro is dangerous because he shot Alexis Cruz, McGuire wrote.

“The only evidence presented in support of this contention was a copy of Cruz’s testimony before the grand jury,” McGuire stated.

In summary, Cruz testified he associated with people who operated a business in which they “provided female dancers at clubs and also dealt in illegal drugs,” McGuire stated.

A dispute arose as to which group would control certain dancers. Cruz told the grand jury Monteiro shot him multiple times outside a Taunton bar.

In retaliation for that shooting, Cruz’s friends chased Monteiro and Troy Pina on Route 24 into Fall River, where they shot at Monteiro’s vehicle multiple times, hitting and killing Pina.

McGuire wrote that Cruz’s accusation that Monteiro shot him is not corroborated by other evidence before the court.

Page 2 of 2 - “Cruz’s version of the shooting is directly contradicted by his own prior accounts of the incident and by several witnesses,” McGuire stated.

A report by a Taunton police lieutenant, who investigated the shooting, indicated Cruz said he did not know who shot him, the judge added.

Also, Cruz’s sister testified before the grand jury that as she drove her wounded brother to the hospital, he told her Pina shot him, McGuire stated.

Monteiro was back in Fall River Superior Court on Tuesday for a probation violation.

During the hearing, Assistant District Attorney Dennis Collins argued to have Monteiro held in custody on $50,000 cash bail. Superior Court Judge John Connor, however, set Monteiro’s bail at $10,000 cash, which Monteiro subsequently posted. After hearing Judge Connor’s bail decision and because of Monteiro’s lengthy criminal record, history of convictions and the seriousness of the charges he currently faces, Collins also argued that Monteiro should have his home confinement monitoring upgraded from a standard electronic monitoring bracelet — which does not track the movements of a defendant — to a GPS monitoring device, which would track Monteiro’s whereabouts if he violates the terms of his release again. Collins additionally requested Connor order Monteiro to have no contact with any convicted felons. Connor denied those requests.